IS SPENDING THE G.O.P.’S GLOBAL WARMING?

See, no one believes the Democrats on Global Warming. Why? Because they live in big houses, fly on their private jets, and consume more than the average aggregate of a third world country.

Liberals aren’t using outhouses. They drive Hummers. They have fleets of submarines. They cool their homes. They are, in short, unserious about the Cataclysm That Is Upon Us.

So, we don’t take them seriously and go about living our lives.

The Republican version of The World Is Going To End, has been spending. And, for once, it’s not hyperbole. The United States is in a very precarious financial position. . . . The Republicans risk undermining their credibility. The bill before Congress RAISES taxes on estates by 35%–so those farms that change hands? Yeah, the taxes will put many of them out of business.

There will be pork and spending and as soon as January rolls around, we’ll hear about all these cutting ideas that the Democrats will hate.

So, while I see the reasons for passing the bill right now, I worry about the Republicans undermining themselves long term.

GOP leaders should be worrying about that. But they may just be thinking, hey, Al Gore made a lot of money before his credibility was lost. . . .